Hasta La Gadget!

It got some attention when it was shown at CES, and now the Zomm is available for purchase. A new category of gadget, the Zomm is a wireless leash for your Bluetooth-enabled phone, among other things. Pair it to your phone (with just one button click) and, if your phone ever gets over 30 feet away from you, the Zomm will vibrate, flash, and sound an alarm. It’s a great choice for the forgetful among us who’ve left phones in cabs or at coffee shops, or even at home.

But that’s not all the Zomm is. It’s also a Bluetooth speakerphone and a personal safety alarm. Hold the center button for nine seconds, and the Zomm sounds a loud panic alarm. Keep holding it, and the device will dial emergency assistance for you. You can now go online to grab a Zomm in either black or white for $79.99.  Also, look for it in Best Buy stores in July.

For a man who runs one of the largest tech companies in the world, Steve Jobs can be surprisingly responsive when it comes to returning e-mails, making folks like me feel all the worse when it comes to our general neglect in that area. AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson, on the other hand, is apparently not quite to eager to field questions from you, the customer.

Engadget reader Giorgio Galante reportedly received a warning after e-mailing the CEO twice in two weeks. AT&T’s Executive Response Team apparently sent Galante a warning, adding that they would send out a cease-and-desist letter upon receiving further e-mails.

Galante’s first e-mail was a request to have his iPhone eligibility date changed. The second was a question about tethering. He then received a call from an AT&T rep named Brent who mentioned the possibility of legal action.

Check back at 8:00AM PT!

Continue reading Steve Ballmer and Ray Ozzie live from D8

Steve Ballmer and Ray Ozzie live from D8 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Hey humans — listen up. We’ll be liveblogging the next D8 session featuring Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer and Ray Ozzie around 8:00AM PT (we’d like to give you more specific times, but they don’t provide them). Then later on in the day, around 11:30AM PT, we’ll hear from HTC head Peter Chou.

You can check in to the Ballmer liveblog right here, and the Peter Chou liveblog will be right here. See you then!

Coming up live from D8: Steve Ballmer and Ray Ozzie, then Peter Chou from HTC originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 03 Jun 2010 10:25:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Desperate to get ahold of the back-ordered iPad Camera Connection Kit (current waiting time 3-4 weeks)? Willing to spend almost $200 to have one sooner? Nah, of course not, but you’re a smart Gadget Lab reader. Not a bit like the dunce who bought the “autentic” two-piece USB kit on Ebay for $187.50, (winning bid pictured above).

That high price is an exceptional one, but the kit, which lets you connect cameras and SD cards to the iPad (as well as some keyboards and sound devices) is going for around $70 on the auction site, and they seem to be selling.

I have mine on pre-order from Apple, and I’m happy to wait. I might have paid a fortune to get my iPad shipped in from the US a couple of weeks early, but even I’m not dumb enough to drop the price of a point and shoot camera on a simple card reader. But hey, if you really need one, at least that $187.50 comes with free shipping.

New iPad Camera Connection Kit [Ebay via Engadget]

See Also:

• IPad Camera Connection Kit Supports External Hard Drives
• iPad Camera Connection Kit Delivered, Un-Boxed
• iPad USB Camera Connector Works With Keyboards, Audio In-Out …
• iPad Camera Connector Clones Five-Year-Old iPod Version
• ShutterSnitch Beams Photos from Camera to iPad